billion today p states rebuild after superstorm sandy. in new york city, a jury deliberated more than a week in the trial of a bus driver accused of being so tired, he caused a crash that killed 15 of his passengers. today came the verdict: not guilty. and michelle miller tells us the driver is a free man tonight. .> how do you find the >> hndant, guilty or not guilty? >> not guilty. t reporter: the bus driver wept veen he heard the verdict. ears ill williams could have faced 15 years in prison. hisas driving 32 people from a connecticut casino to new york's chinatown when his bus hit a guardrail, toppled, and was torn open by a signpost. williams claimed he'd been cut off by a tractor-trailer. investigators found no evidence of that. but they discovered williams averaged three hours of sleep in the days before the crash. they cited driver fatigue as the probable cause. florence wong's father don lee was killed in the crash. >> he had 15 lives that was under under his control and they're not here. he has to live with that with conscinscience. >> reporter: prosecutors called 55 witness

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, we don't need the stinking government. you feel you're entitled to things right? after superstorm sandy guess what he wanted money from? the federal government. he is entitled to seventies 5% of cost and repairs, et cetera. he didn't ask for 75%. >> i am requesting that the federal government exercise its discretion: >> cenk: what happened, chris? you don't want to feel entitled to that, do you? you don't need no stinking federal government. that's a honedout, man so pull up your belt if you can. that's wrong. glass house, but number one, ok, so chris christie, here we go, i'm going -- wait a minute. while i was away, apparently this happened on the "young turks." >> chris christie, from the "young turks," we wish you a very very happy thanksgiving and say to you governor christie for the rest of 2012, we will not utter an ill word about you and we look forward to 2013. >> cenk: i can't drop the elbow. i've got to give him a pardon for the rest of the year. why did you do that? we'll put somebody else in the middle of the ring. who was also an absurd makeup? well, rush has got a d

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% increase, it wasn't good enough to beat the 16% analysts were looking for. superstorm sandy having an impact as well. customers in the northeast headed to dealerships with insurance checks in hand giving them so-called wealth effect. we have the foxnews.com automotive editor with sandy ace impact on car sales and overall industry check as well. great to see you. >> you too. lori: talk about sandy. we saw cars literally floating out to see. you automatically thought this would be a boon for the auto industry. what was your take? >> definitely helped. there were 200 to 250,000 cars destroyed. not quite that many were sold last month but played into the increase we saw to a certain extent. used car sales were not up as much. true car.com estimating 4%. lori: give the time of year i was reading that the storm and length of time on average people holding onto the cars is like 11 years is actually giving support to overall car prices. can you comment on that? >> yes. sales, transaction prices were up. so were incentives. so kind of balanced itself a little more. people are spending more

hit by superstorm sandy. president is requesting more in a joint statement, new and new jersey governor chris christie say, the money will help their states rebuild. they also say the money will region from future storms. both governors recently went to washington to lobby >> it has been 71 years since the attack on pearl harbor. bringing the u-s into world war two. coast guard island. gathered to honor those who were killed in the attack that killed about 24-hundred people. the local ceremony included a 21 gun salute. >> what a time to be out watching movies! >> they have to be out there because of the academy awards. they're hoping to go home with gold i have some great movies. and movies. gerard butler in playing for keeps.. the month when jan wahl that- >> andzero dark thirty with kathryn bigelow and those are not coming out for a couple of weeks but first, let me talk about this one there are so many good ones right now. first, let us get rid of playing for keeps. gerard butler is promising but it does not seem to pan out. it looks like he's trying to rebuild his relations

recover efforts following superstorm sandy. hard hit states asked for more than $80 billion. the october storm devastated much of the northeast. federal aid would go to victims and rebuilding projects. it's unclear if congress already in negotiations over how to balance the budget, will approve funding before breaking for the year. >>> secretary of state hillary y clinton has agreed to testify before the senate foreign relations committee about the benghazi attacks. september 11th all the on the u.s. consulate in libya left ambassador chris stephens and three others dead. clinton will testify before the 130th congress sometime in january. she's also agreed to testify before the house foreign affairs committee. i'm li elizabeth pren in new yo. for all the headlines, log onto foxnews.com. >>> a warning that some of our nation's biggest companies may be hoodwinking you, the taxpayers. major companies like gm taking advantage of all kinds of incentives and tax breaks from local and state governments, but are the communities, meaning you, the big losers. the new york times financial reporter

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superstorm sandy and then potentially to prepare for future storms. >>> at least 49 elementary school students and adults had to be rushed to an atlanta hospital today because of a carbon monoxide leak. here is the thing. firefighters discovered the highest levels they have ever recorded of the deadly gas near the school's furnace. listen to the firefighter. >> obviously with carbon monoxide, the danger is going to be an affix ant, it could stop people from breathing. these children have been in the classroom since 7:30. our readings in the classroom were not quite as high as our reading at 1700 was near the actual furnace area. >> want to bring in george howell here. you brought in what i can only presume is a carbon monoxide detector. tell me about it and were there any of these in the school? >> this say professional carbon monoxide detector. this is what we use here at the cnn center. this will run you a couple thousand dollars. couple thousand of dollars for this. it is important to check. but for your home, $17. $17 is all it takes to get one of these in your home, to monitor fo

the next picture, showing the enormity of superstorm sandy blanketing the eastern seaboard. that was crazy and this one, totally amazing, the korean peninsula, pointing to the bottom, pointing to south korea, slightly eliminated, north korea totally dark. that sums up the situation in those two countries. these images come courtesy of a new satellite equipped with a sensor that allows observation at night, totally cool. the korea thing -- ashley: that says it all. the 20 first century or the other, what the very cool pictures especially sandy. just a reminder how big that storm was. it is coming up on a quarter till the hour and time for stocks as we do. let's go to nicole petallides on the floor of the stock exchange. nicole: you come to me when the major averages we followed so closely have up arrows. the dow jones industrials back in the green. we have had back-and-forth action today. the dow is up 15 points, the tech heavy nasdaq the best of the three. we want to take a look at serious back sam radio. serious ex them radio. what is interesting is they issued a special dividend, b

of 2015. >> coastal communities a strike by superstorm sandy are pushing to reveal their war works and time for next summer. they are in a race to finish by the end of may to retain tour's money they will need for next year. seaside heights, new jersey is about 75% of its budget for tourism. sounds like bellmawr, new jersey are spending around $20 million to rebuild its boardwalk. new york mayor michael bloomberg has said no new wooden or what should be built. as he faces concretfavorr walks which adorable. >> if you like to turn holiday shopping into a last minute marathon macy's is ready to cater to you. the department store chain announced it will be open for nonstop shopping the last week it for christmas. >> stores will open at 7:00 a.m. on friday december 21st and will stay open until 7:00 a.m. once an exhibit of the third. the special cells of a marathon when that morning when macy's says ms. storm an open until midnight. >> the company has tried to extend shopping hours in the past but is a the first time all 800 macy's storewide would dissipate. >> i can which i will go. >

ever technically ended. and superstorm sandy brought devastated and will cost tens of billions of dollars and now the president is asking congress for 60 billion to help with the cleanup. peter doocy is live in washington with the latest on the recovery efforts. >> reporter: good morning, clayton, you're right the white house wrote a letter, the speaker of the house, to request 64.4 billion dollars and the number recommends funds needed to finance a recovery effort and help the region prepare for future challenges, including future severe storms and flooding as well as impacts associated with a changing climate. just because the white house is requesting 60.4 billion dollars doesn't necessarily mean it will be easily approved by the house of representatives, because money is tight right now and as spokeman for speaker boehner says simply, we have the request and we will review it. four u.s. senators from new york and new jersey, chuck schumer robert menendez and kirsten gillibrand says the money might get caught up with people wanting it elsewhere. and it's a tough fight in congre